M. R. Islam

M. R. Islam, PhD, is the president of Emertec Research and Development Ltd. He formerly served as Canada’s first Killam Chair in petroleum engineering at Dalhousie University and first NRCan Professor at the University of Regina. Dr. Islam is known as the most published engineer in the world. He has coined terms such as “green petroleum,” “sustainable petroleum development,” “economics of intangibles,” “zero waste engineering,” and many more. His work has created a paradigm shift in a wide range of applications, spanning various disciplines. His most notable contribution is in the areas sustainability, environmental integrity, greening of petroleum and pharmaceutical industries, and knowledge modeling, on which topic he has written dozens of books and nearly 800 research papers. For the last two years, his main focus has been the creation of the world’s first research university with global reach. This fully online university, to be called Nature Science University will be housed in Canada with affiliations from around the world. Jahanara Monaf, MD, practices in the UK and Australia and is registered in the divisions of acupuncture, Hijama, Chinese herbal medicine, and Chinese herbal dispensing. She owns and directs her own clinics where she is the senior doctor. During her nearly 20 years of practice, she has helped thousands of patients with a wide range of ailments. A. O. Islam is a research associate at Emertec R&D Ltd. Nanomaterials, modeling of both high- and low-energy spectrum in medical applications, and new theories of human-machine interfaces are some of his research interests. He has co-authored one book, published by Wiley-Scrivener.